diff --git a/yadm b/yadm
index a03e769..f5ad123 100755
--- a/yadm
+++ b/yadm
@@ -1944,7 +1944,8 @@ function get_mode {
   mode=$(stat -c '%a' "$filename" 2>/dev/null)
   if [ -z "$mode" ] ; then
     # BSD-style
-    mode=$(stat -f '%A' "$filename" 2>/dev/null)
+    # Using the `cut` command to match the output of GNU stat output
+    mode=$(stat -f '%p' "$filename" | cut -c4-6 2>/dev/null)
   fi
 
   # only accept results if they are octal